More bad first dates

This one's from another fellow GEORGIA PEACH I met in Korea. She calls her writing self "Nadibelle." Go recruitment to the blog! She asked me to post since google is being a bit of an asshole in letting her make an account. Thanks for the contribution, and I hope you get an account soon. Look forward to hearing more from you on the blog. "It's a small world after all."

I had hardly left the other

When My eyes wandered away

I knew he wasn't the one for me

But I guess I was ready to stray

I remember how I ended

The old relation.shit

I was in the car with the new one

And on the phone, the first one's ears lended

I said, "I'm sorry, things just aren't working out"

"You see, I found happiness, once you weren't about".

And Happiness was looking

Across the seat at me.

As soon as our cellulars turned to tone

The interest's lips and I did meet.

Buttferlies conjured around my insides

And my shirt so did lift at his touch.

I pulled away to make sure

That he was what I wanted...

I was his before the kiss,

When we sat alone in his old car

We often talked to each other,

letting secrets fill the air...

It wasn't long before I was caught up in hopeless, hapless, innocent love

It wasn't long before he blurted, "I love you", in a sandwhich shop.

Smiling, and shaking, and nervous, and joyous I just looked down and basked

"Could he really have just said, what I think I heard?"

He nodded in approval and said, "You don't have to say anything".

But love like this can't last for long,

and distance set us apart

Distance to me was just a test of my ability

To be, one gracious-girlfriend- stick-in-the mud, whose heart belonged to he

But, to distance, his heart so did growingly palpitate...

Into the dormroom of a girl

I once did think to be a friend

Hence, I did say, "did"...

I forgave them both, for we are human

And now thinking back,

I can't remember much else, except this grotesque fact.

Well, no, I lie, I remember many a good time,

But the way it ended spoke to me
Louder than a herd

Of galloping elephants trumpeting their elongated snouts

What a douche

Dare I try a rhyming one? I dig back into the vault a few years...

Today I feel happy
I'm finished the say
With this experience
I shall be on my way

How frightened I feel
But excited as well
To begin a new life
At the ring of a bell

So many emotions passed
Through me this week
The mere thought of leaving
Sent a tear down my cheek

The time I spent here
Has taught me so much
I've come to love
Each person as such

You've been so supportive
SO helpful, so kind
When I think of all you've done for me
Why, it just blows my mind!

My questions were answered
All concerns were addressed
You're so easy to talk to
Why be depressed?

Above and beyond
The call of duty you went
In helping me figure things out
Believe me when I say, "It was time well spent!"

Remember week one? Seems like history now
Surroundings so new; I entered the room eager to learn
It became quickly clear how much fun this class is
As I watched and I helped, awaiting my turn

Week two got me thinking:
"How many bathroom breaks must they take?"
While tying dozens of shoes with my own bladder expanding
Stumbling reading and calendar-ing as if crossing a lake

Playing a name game is great fun
As I learned during week three
Adding phonics and spelling to my already-full plate
Thinking ahead, worried, the future cloudy

Teaching math during week four was my favorite I found
While agonizing each scrupulous detail
Discovering quickly just how hard this job is
My body and voice about to fail

Could it be? Yes, week five is really half way!
"I hardly know anything about anything!"
"I can't believe I'm here!" I repeatedly say
Reminding me each morning is another day

Plans are easier; I'm sketching my way through week six
Teaching the morning and all afternoon
Transitions and behavior send me running for cover
As I think about being alone in the room

Flying solo weeks seven and eight
Sent me nose-diving through reading groups
Small group work proves difficult to date
And seeing my progress was not easy

"Set expectations!" I told myself for week nine
"I am in charge!" So easy to say yet hard to believe
"Think of how far you've come now"
But still having trouble with this thing called achieve

Has week ten come already? No it can't be
I'm finding I really like being in charge
But need more time to work through some stuff
Has my ambition become too large?

Surely no, as you cooperatively agree
A few days off are just what I need
I come back for week eleven to help and to teach
And magnets are fun for all, indeed

A field trip and such thrown into the mix
Week twelve brings some things in myself I must fix
I am getting better and expecting listening ears
And quieting many, many, MANY fears

And so I must leave now
This is getting rather long
I am quite tired
Of finding rhymes for this song

I will always remember you and and your class
As my first adventure, it has just been a blast!
22 and the Princess just made my every day
I hope that these memories will forever last.